Speaker 1: To us fires touch style by waddle stuck into the
Speaker 1: end zone of Miami tight tight window. They had to
Speaker 1: get that touchdown on that play. They get it. What
Speaker 1: is up, Dolph fans and welcome to the Drive Time Podcast,
Speaker 1: part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team,
Speaker 1: your Miami Dolphins. How's it going? Everybody? I am your host,
Speaker 1: Travis Wingfield And on today's show, it's Roster Announcement Day.
Speaker 1: Something we've done at various checkpoints this offseason is to
Speaker 1: recap the roster at those milestone stages, and we'll do
Speaker 1: it one last time. We're gonna go over the entire
Speaker 1: fifty three man roster, tell you some notes and stats
Speaker 1: on each guy from their camp and preseason performances. That
Speaker 1: will also hear from head coach Mike McDaniel and general
Speaker 1: manager Chris Career at their Tuesday press conference, and will
Speaker 1: continue to remember the greatness that was Jason Jenkins from
Speaker 1: the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Company.
Speaker 1: This is the Drivetime. The fifty three man roster was
Speaker 1: made official this afternoon. The initial fifty three man roster
Speaker 1: because of course, with all kinds of activity around the league,
Speaker 1: changes could happen. We'll get practice squad announcements on a
Speaker 1: later episode as well, but this is gonna cover most
Speaker 1: of the basis today as we start by just telling
Speaker 1: you who the cast of characters are on your Miami
Speaker 1: Dolphins for today. On August and real quick, my brother
Speaker 1: had his third child today as a little boy, his son,
Speaker 1: So congratulations my brother, as well as his other son
Speaker 1: on the same birthday, so he has two kids with
Speaker 1: the same birthday, So happy birthday, Max, and happy birthday
Speaker 1: to his new son coming into the world as well.
Speaker 1: The Dolphins roster here quarterback to a tongue of Vloa,
Speaker 1: Teddy Bridgewater, Skyler Thompson. I don't think any real surprises.
Speaker 1: They're based upon the exhibition. Sy is him at running
Speaker 1: back slash fullback, Chase Edmonds, Savan akhmed alec Ingold, Raheem Moster,
Speaker 1: and Miles Gaskin. The U dub Backs ride once more
Speaker 1: wide receiver Tyreek Hill, Cedric Wilson Jr. Trent Sherfield, Jalen Waddle,
Speaker 1: Eric Azukama. I think there are no surprises in that
Speaker 1: group as well. That was pretty much the top five
Speaker 1: guys throughout the course of camp. In terms of playing
Speaker 1: time and production. Tight end Tanner Connor, Durham Smith, Seethan Carter,
Speaker 1: Hunter Long, and Mike Gasicki. I think Tanner Connor is
Speaker 1: the one that kind of catches your eye. The a
Speaker 1: U d F A out of Idaho State, a wide
Speaker 1: receiver Convert who's been injured for a couple of weeks,
Speaker 1: but he himself won hell of a camp. Along the
Speaker 1: offensive line, Connor Williams, Michael Dieter, Robert Jones, Robert Hunt,
Speaker 1: to Ron Armstead, Austin Jackson, Liam Eichenberg and Greg Little.
Speaker 1: So you're three guys that were not part of that
Speaker 1: first team line in the entire summer. Between Deeter, Jones
Speaker 1: and Little, you have Deeter who can play all three
Speaker 1: interior spots and has played tackle before, although it's not
Speaker 1: his primary. Greg Little plays some tackle as well, and
Speaker 1: then Robert Jones can play across the entire line besides
Speaker 1: that center position. So good versatility on your backups. Defensive line,
Speaker 1: John Jenkins, Emmanuel Ogba, Zack Seeler, Christian Wilkins, and ray
Speaker 1: Kwon Davis. Zero surprises there. Linebacker Melvin Ingram, Jalen Phillips,
Speaker 1: Andrew Van Gingle Duke Riley, Sam Egg, Von Channing, Tindall,
Speaker 1: a Land and Roberts, Jerome Baker and Trey Flowers the
Speaker 1: late edition there and as far as the Jurge number goes,
Speaker 1: we don't have a number for him yet, so that's
Speaker 1: why he goes to the bottom the list. Defensive Backs
Speaker 1: Javon Holland, Noah Igbanagheny, Eric Rowe, Elijah Campbell, Xavian Howard,
Speaker 1: key On Crossing, Brandon Jones, kator Cohu, Nick Needham and
Speaker 1: Clayton Federalum and your specialist Thomas Morristead, Jason Sanders and
Speaker 1: Blake Ferguson. I think the big news of the day
Speaker 1: pup for Byron Jones, which means he will miss the
Speaker 1: first four games of the season, and on injured reserve
Speaker 1: linebacker Brennan Scarlett. So that is your roster update. Let's
Speaker 1: go ahead and break it down now and go back
Speaker 1: to the quarterback position. With three qbs. I want to
Speaker 1: talk about the camp production, preseason production, some fun stats
Speaker 1: about every player on this Dolphins roster, and we start
Speaker 1: at the quarterback position with two A tongue of Byloa
Speaker 1: and the improvements I think we saw from a year
Speaker 1: ago in his game and those intermediate throws all camp long,
Speaker 1: eighteens like you guys saw it on my timeline tweeting
Speaker 1: about those chunk games all throughout practice the ball placement
Speaker 1: to create rack. Nobody averaged more yards this preseason than
Speaker 1: the Dolphins per play. And it's the mastery of the offense.
Speaker 1: And I thought accelerated every single day from getting through
Speaker 1: his check his progressions, getting the ball out quickly to
Speaker 1: the checkdown. Don't waste your time, get to them early.
Speaker 1: Let them make plays in space. We see that with
Speaker 1: all the players on this roster that can make big plays.
Speaker 1: My fun stat for Ta and really they all were
Speaker 1: good because he played so well as preseason six of
Speaker 1: eight on throws that were ten plus air yards for
Speaker 1: a hundred and twenty four yards and a touchdown. That's
Speaker 1: a one fifty six point repasser rating, just two points
Speaker 1: lower than the maximum. Teddy Bridgewater, as advertised, the kind
Speaker 1: of guy you feel good about coming into the game
Speaker 1: off the bench in a pinch through with accuracy, made
Speaker 1: some plays when the pocket broke down. That play where
Speaker 1: he wheeled out from pressure versus Las Vegas and put
Speaker 1: perfect touch on the past and Mike GASICKI. That sure
Speaker 1: was nice and I love this stat. He averaged two
Speaker 1: point eight three seconds time to throw with an a
Speaker 1: dot of ten yards on average going down the football field.
Speaker 1: Skyler Thompson, the armed talent, pops off that throw to
Speaker 1: Zoo Kama in the game, falling away fifty yards down
Speaker 1: the field. He can flat out sling it. You saw
Speaker 1: it out here at training camp. The ability to go
Speaker 1: off script and extent plays. We saw him sometimes, you know,
Speaker 1: move off of his spot, but keep his eyes down
Speaker 1: field and make plays after the fact. He had a
Speaker 1: fantastic preseason that resulted in a one thirty eight point
Speaker 1: four passer rating. Uh he was one thirty eight point
Speaker 1: seven when not blitzed, one twelve point five win blitzed,
Speaker 1: one forty nine point two when kept clean, and ninety
Speaker 1: point nine under pressure. Those are all really really good numbers.
Speaker 1: As a whole, the room through six touchdowns, didn't turn
Speaker 1: the ball over this preseason and only took five sacks
Speaker 1: in the entire preseason. That's really really good to me.
Speaker 1: This is the deepest the Dolphins quarterback room has been
Speaker 1: since oh man, the nineties. I don't know, it's been
Speaker 1: a long time running backs and fullbacks Chase Edmonds, the footwork,
Speaker 1: the choppy cuts without deceleration on his track for whatever
Speaker 1: type of run. It is the decision making and the
Speaker 1: acceleration through the gaps, the brilliant football mind, knowing when
Speaker 1: to get out, knowing how to scan protect, knowing how
Speaker 1: to break off his routes at a certain time, and
Speaker 1: then the pro the prowess he has in that passing game.
Speaker 1: He caught two balls and ran for seventeen yards after
Speaker 1: those catches for a total of twenty one. He looks
Speaker 1: like the real deal. Savan Akhmed next in order of
Speaker 1: jersey number here among running backs. His speed to the perimeter,
Speaker 1: we'll talk about that here in a minute. With Rheem
Speaker 1: Moster and his hands. In the passing game. He catches
Speaker 1: so many balls in those l routes, those flat routes,
Speaker 1: and then he takes off. He can make big plays
Speaker 1: when there's a well blocked play. For you average three
Speaker 1: point oh nine yards after contact. This preseason, alec Ingle
Speaker 1: number thirty is your fullback. We saw it every time
Speaker 1: he was out there at camp lane clearing blocks enough
Speaker 1: athleticism to function as an option in the passing game.
Speaker 1: He didn't get any preseason action, but whether inside the
Speaker 1: A gap or out wide, alec Ingle just cleared lanes
Speaker 1: in practice, whether it's Tyreek Hill running the football out
Speaker 1: wide or any of the backs we just talked about.
Speaker 1: He was a focal part of that offense where he most.
Speaker 1: It's not that I wasn't a believer before I was,
Speaker 1: but that big run against the Eagles really kind of
Speaker 1: made me realize how dynamic he is. And if you're
Speaker 1: not sound on the edges, he will hit explosive runs
Speaker 1: in the run game, and that is such a great
Speaker 1: weapon to have. And you know, we'll talk about the
Speaker 1: room as a hole here in a second, but I
Speaker 1: realized now, I think the mastery of his skill set
Speaker 1: with the way this offense functions, because we talked about
Speaker 1: vertical and horizontal stretch and how both of those work together,
Speaker 1: and you saw two of hitting those play action boots.
Speaker 1: You saw Skyler do it as well. Just really proficient
Speaker 1: in that area of the game and how the running
Speaker 1: game plays off the play action game. The idea of
Speaker 1: this offense to create those windows and spaces with motion,
Speaker 1: with the condensed packages, with the stretch run with the
Speaker 1: play action off of that is that guys have to
Speaker 1: cheat at a certain point to make sure they're defending
Speaker 1: one area, and then if they do cheat into that
Speaker 1: one area, you make them pay for it with the
Speaker 1: misdirection off the other side. So when you see where
Speaker 1: he mos start win the edge on the twenty six
Speaker 1: yard rush up the sideline, all of a sudden, the
Speaker 1: rest of the game you're thinking, if I have to
Speaker 1: get around that block because if I get hemmed inside,
Speaker 1: he's too fast for me to make up that extra step.
Speaker 1: So I have to get out there because they'll just
Speaker 1: do that all game. The Niners did that for years.
Speaker 1: Just run the ball, run the ball, run the ball,
Speaker 1: and you can't stop it. We're gonna keep doing it.
Speaker 1: So the minute they start taking those false steps and
Speaker 1: overplaying out the back gate comes Tyreek kill Jalen Waddle
Speaker 1: to a tongue of by Low and his you know,
Speaker 1: exceptional throwing on the run. I think that most are
Speaker 1: might be one of the guys that really is kind
Speaker 1: of under the radar in terms of how important he
Speaker 1: can be in this offense. And I think we saw
Speaker 1: that in that one single run. But you know, rushing
Speaker 1: the football, and this is why I like, I'm so
Speaker 1: big into explosive plays that running back position e p
Speaker 1: A is a stat that measures effectiveness expected points added.
Speaker 1: Running the ball does not have the same impact as
Speaker 1: passing the ball does, because you go from averaging. You know,
Speaker 1: four yards per carry is a good average. Eight yards
Speaker 1: per passes a good average. Like it's doubly important to
Speaker 1: throw the ball well right because of that, because of
Speaker 1: the the overall tangible impact. But Raheem is the kind
Speaker 1: of back that can flip that script. He had those
Speaker 1: two runs. One doesn't change the game at all with
Speaker 1: a three yard run, but a twenty six yard run
Speaker 1: does change the game. It can change a drive, it
Speaker 1: can change field position, it can put points on the board.
Speaker 1: That's why he's been a five yards average per carry
Speaker 1: guys whole career. He's a big play machine and I
Speaker 1: love that, and I think I think I finally understand
Speaker 1: the perfect fit that he is in this offense. Miles
Speaker 1: Gascon ran his butt off this offseason, reminding me of
Speaker 1: the Hard Knocks episode where Deuce Staley was imploring DeAndre
Speaker 1: Swift to be a guy that's hungry for every single
Speaker 1: inch you get out there. That's Miles Gascon to a t.
Speaker 1: He averaged four yards after contact this preseason, four miss
Speaker 1: tackles on fourteen runs. The room as a whole average
Speaker 1: three yards after an initial contact, and that speed just
Speaker 1: does not quit in this position group. It stresses the
Speaker 1: defense on those outside runs. Here's a cool staff from
Speaker 1: Warren Sharp about e p A per rush and the
Speaker 1: yards before contact per rush, which is a measure of
Speaker 1: run blocking. Right Miami average one point five two yards
Speaker 1: before contact per rush. That was fourth in the NFL
Speaker 1: this preseason, basically telling you the Dolphins run blocked the
Speaker 1: fourth best. In the preseason. They were eight in e
Speaker 1: p A per rush. Backs and line getting it done
Speaker 1: in the exhibition season at wide receiver Tyreek Hill. You
Speaker 1: know about the physical skills. The two things that I
Speaker 1: learned about Tyreek this summer is the way he works
Speaker 1: the conditioning, Uh, just out there every day going balls
Speaker 1: to the wall. And then the polish of his route running.
Speaker 1: I talked about it on the Film Recap podcast where
Speaker 1: he presses and presses until he can't press anymore to
Speaker 1: force a guy into, you know, being slower to react.
Speaker 1: Just go watch that crossing role. See what I'm talking about.
Speaker 1: So polished and the angles he takes and the way
Speaker 1: he you know, finishes his routes. Two passing game snaps,
Speaker 1: two catches sixty four yards. It's so stupid, it's like
Speaker 1: video game numbers. I don't use PF grays in here,
Speaker 1: but he got a nine point one offensive grade for that.
Speaker 1: Like he's only two points away from perfection. Cedric Wilson
Speaker 1: nuanced and salvy, savvy nature of his game save always
Speaker 1: angles his routes back to the quarterback, a guy that
Speaker 1: you can trust to keep it out of the defender's hands,
Speaker 1: and tight coverage and on fifty fifty balls, he caught
Speaker 1: all four of his preseason targets two point three seven
Speaker 1: yards per route, ran eleven point one yards per target.
Speaker 1: Those numbers are going to be consistent here at receiver
Speaker 1: and tight end throughout this entire group. Trent Sherfield the
Speaker 1: Brotherhood routes that he runs where you run to occupy
Speaker 1: areas and space for your teammates to clear out. Tough
Speaker 1: as hell sets up his routes well, those things rhyme,
Speaker 1: and just like Cedric, he is very trustworthy, comes back
Speaker 1: to the football and fights for everything. He caught all
Speaker 1: three of his targets this preseason for sixty four yards
Speaker 1: two point five six yards per route, ran twenty point
Speaker 1: two yards per target. These numbers are crazy. I'm telling you,
Speaker 1: Jalen Waddle. I'll use coaches comments here because Jalen it's
Speaker 1: supersteds everything I can say about him. His jump from
Speaker 1: O T A S to camp in terms of learning
Speaker 1: the offense was the best according to Mike McDaniel, and
Speaker 1: that pair with his physical skill sets, the twick twitch,
Speaker 1: the release package. You know Marlon Humphrey last year saying
Speaker 1: this is a top ten receiver in this league. There
Speaker 1: was so much meat on the bone in the vertical
Speaker 1: passing game for him last year couldn't get to I
Speaker 1: expect that to change this year. This offense was highly
Speaker 1: productive this preseason and they did it without their second
Speaker 1: most dangerous man and Jalen Waddle didn't play in the preseason.
Speaker 1: But man, this guy is gonna be a force. Eric
Speaker 1: Zookama the balance and physicality and strong hands, the way
Speaker 1: he plucks it and stays on his feet after all
Speaker 1: that contact. He caught ten of fifteen targets this preseason
Speaker 1: with an average depth of target at ten point or
Speaker 1: twelve point five over ten yards per target on fifteen targets.
Speaker 1: That's a great preseason. These other averages we're talking about here,
Speaker 1: are you know, three or four targets. He did it
Speaker 1: on fifteen targets. That is great production from the rookie
Speaker 1: at tight end Tanner Conner. His speed stood out man,
Speaker 1: the way he caught and ran away from guys at
Speaker 1: that tight end position. The week of practice he had
Speaker 1: and the game in Tampa Bay was like, oh wow,
Speaker 1: he can play. He caught all three of us targets
Speaker 1: for twenty five yards eight point two yards per target.
Speaker 1: Durham Smith a multifaceted player who can help out in
Speaker 1: the running game and in the past protection game. He
Speaker 1: caught his loan preseason target for ten yards, zero pressures
Speaker 1: allowed on eight pass blocking snaps for him. Sethan carter
Speaker 1: I thought he played well on that quasi tight end
Speaker 1: h back fullback role in the Philly game special teams
Speaker 1: guy as well, kind of touchdown, passed and had a
Speaker 1: really good block to spring where he mostart on that
Speaker 1: twenty six yards scamper Hunter long route running was really
Speaker 1: nice in the games. Saw it and practiced two over
Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks. The way he anchored and
Speaker 1: passed pro and helped kind of dent the edge in
Speaker 1: the running game. He just had a really good preseason,
Speaker 1: I thought, caught three or four targets for thirty two yards.
Speaker 1: That's eight yards per target. And then Mike get sicky
Speaker 1: the high ball mastery back of the end zone, plucking
Speaker 1: balls off the top of guys helmets, the catch radius
Speaker 1: when he builds up that speed a guy that's faster
Speaker 1: than he is quick. He caught five of eight targets
Speaker 1: for fifty eight yards at two point one five yards
Speaker 1: per route ran. And just the combination of these two
Speaker 1: rooms total receiver and tight end. The speed stands out,
Speaker 1: the playmaking, the run after the catch, the ability to
Speaker 1: kind of you know, understand spacing and run routes within
Speaker 1: this offense, I think are all big upgrades from a
Speaker 1: season ago. Let's take a break right there and come
Speaker 1: back and break down the offensive line and defense. That's
Speaker 1: next here on the Drivetime Podcast, your host Travis Wingfield,
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Speaker 1: Drive Time Podcast, a Tuesday fifty three man roster announcement
Speaker 1: edition of the Drivetime Podcast. Let's pick this back up
Speaker 1: and go back to the offensive line. Connor Williams number
Speaker 1: fifty eight, first on your list here. His strength at
Speaker 1: the point of attack, the chippiness with which he plays
Speaker 1: to kind of get guys piste off. I like that
Speaker 1: about his game and the relationship between his hands and
Speaker 1: feet and how that helps him with hand placement which
Speaker 1: then helps him turn guys out of gaps. Such a
Speaker 1: smart player, I think he's gonna be a big part
Speaker 1: of getting these calls right up front for the offensive line.
Speaker 1: Zero pressures allowed in seventeen pass blocking snaps, and I
Speaker 1: talked about his run game work in the Monday Rewatch podcast.
Speaker 1: He did some real nice work turning guys out of
Speaker 1: their gaps all preseason long. Michael Dieter versatile, valuable piece
Speaker 1: in that room that allows you to be super flexible
Speaker 1: if you call him into the game, like you can
Speaker 1: bump him the center. Williams can go to guard, you
Speaker 1: can move Eikenberg to tackle. Like if you lose a guy,
Speaker 1: Deeter can be the guy that kind of is that
Speaker 1: solve your you know, flexile wapp that thing on that
Speaker 1: tube and say let's go out on the river in
Speaker 1: our boat that's been repaired by tape. Michael Dieter can
Speaker 1: be your flexile tape that way. Two pressures allowed, both
Speaker 1: for hurries. No quarterback hits on fifty six pass blocking
Speaker 1: snaps in the preseason. That's a good number. Robert Jones
Speaker 1: has a massive base, strong hands, and a sturdy anchor.
Speaker 1: I liked the way he improved his redirect and mirror ability.
Speaker 1: He has position flexibility and no quarterback hits on sixty
Speaker 1: five preseason snaps and pass blocking Robert Hunt what a
Speaker 1: camp preseason this dude had. Seeing his athletic platic ability
Speaker 1: really came out that second level ability his work in space.
Speaker 1: I think he's gonna have a heck of a season.
Speaker 1: He's also strong as hell on a phone booth. He
Speaker 1: allowed two pressures on pass blocking snaps, but really good
Speaker 1: rushing average off of his backside to either gap, both
Speaker 1: over five yards per carry per Pro Football Focus to
Speaker 1: Ron Armstead is teaching tape man. He's patient, has great
Speaker 1: pass sets, he knows how to get to his landmarks
Speaker 1: and when to get to them, great feet, great hands
Speaker 1: that work together. A continent pro and a true leader.
Speaker 1: One of the best left tackles in the NFL. He
Speaker 1: did not play the preseason Austin Jackson, where he got
Speaker 1: a lot better for me is the balance, the lean
Speaker 1: and the weight transfer. That all looks really really good.
Speaker 1: He can run guys around that arc, but now has
Speaker 1: shown the ability to redirect and transfer back inside because
Speaker 1: he's not getting out over his skis, He's not trying
Speaker 1: to lunch for those blocks. He's staying within himself and
Speaker 1: been so consistent the way he trust his athletic ability
Speaker 1: and sheer strength that he offers. I always thought he
Speaker 1: was a plus run blocker, and we saw him seal
Speaker 1: that edge on that big most run the other night.
Speaker 1: Had a good camp in preseason. One pressure allowed on
Speaker 1: pass blocking snaps. Liam Eichenberg. His work as a pulling
Speaker 1: guard leading up with sure fund to watch in that
Speaker 1: last game, just like Austin. I think his balance looks improved.
Speaker 1: I think he's finding a real home with that left
Speaker 1: guard spot. Zero pressure is allowed in twenty five pass
Speaker 1: blocking snaps this preseason. Greg Little, he had an excellent
Speaker 1: showing on Saturday, didn't he. I love what Coach said
Speaker 1: about him maximizing his opportunity with mental reps when he
Speaker 1: was down. There's a great clip by posted of coach
Speaker 1: way back and when we hired him back and was
Speaker 1: it February about um a quarterback camp that he was
Speaker 1: at and guys in the line, we're slacking off and
Speaker 1: not paying attention. He's like, hey, what are you doing
Speaker 1: like you're not taking an opportunity. I'm giving you to
Speaker 1: get better right now every rep your teammate takes, steal
Speaker 1: that rep mentally, so him to apply that to his
Speaker 1: his guys. Here has been a consistent message. And good
Speaker 1: on Greg Little. That's a good uh be a really
Speaker 1: nice hit if we can make a swing tackle out
Speaker 1: of Greg Little. With the late round draft choice last year,
Speaker 1: he ended the preseason as PF's top graded offensive lineman
Speaker 1: from Miami. But more importantly, zero pressure is allowed on
Speaker 1: twenty three pass blocking snaps. Defensively, John Jenkins hang on
Speaker 1: back to the offensive line, the athletic abilities to take away,
Speaker 1: the way those guys move off the ball, fire off
Speaker 1: the ball. I think the scheme fits the player, the
Speaker 1: style player you have so much better than in previous years.
Speaker 1: John Jenkins on the defensive line. He's a mayor type
Speaker 1: of personality, could be the mayor of the entire building.
Speaker 1: Great impact in the locker room. But also he looks
Speaker 1: as good to me as he ever has his bowl
Speaker 1: rush walking guys back into the quarterback. Such a thankless
Speaker 1: but important role in this multifaceted defense that does so
Speaker 1: huch to you know, loop off of that guy and
Speaker 1: run games up front. Plus his run game work. He
Speaker 1: didn't really give an inch in those games, three run
Speaker 1: stops and two pressures on sixty two snaps in a
Speaker 1: position where it's hard to tally stats at that nose tackles.
Speaker 1: But Emmanuel Ogba kind of a unicorn man. He plays
Speaker 1: that true, even front hand in the dirt defensive end
Speaker 1: position that really nobody else in the team does. But
Speaker 1: he can also condense inside and still win with his power.
Speaker 1: His length and heavy hands are a problem off the
Speaker 1: edge Trey Flowers can, by the way, not to mention
Speaker 1: how many passes he rejects as a result of that
Speaker 1: led the NFL in that category last year among defensive lineman.
Speaker 1: He also has a tremendous arsenal of pass rush moves.
Speaker 1: He barely played this exhibition season eighteen snaps, but we've
Speaker 1: seen him do it the last two years. Saw more
Speaker 1: of those reps, like on Saturday when he walked the
Speaker 1: guard right into the quarterback. He's a great player. Zach
Speaker 1: Seeler is a short yardage maven. I think that those
Speaker 1: plays speak to his skill set in terms of the
Speaker 1: combination of power and quickness. When he wins, it seems
Speaker 1: to happen instantly in the way that it doesn't matter
Speaker 1: if a receiver uncovers quickly beca because he's on your
Speaker 1: quarterback in under two seconds. That push poll strength and
Speaker 1: balance is ridiculous for Zack Seeler, and the quickness is
Speaker 1: good too. Man two pressures and three run stops on
Speaker 1: twenty nine snaps, but you felt his impact way more
Speaker 1: than that. Christian Wilkins. There isn't anything he can't do.
Speaker 1: If you ask me, he's gonna win one on one
Speaker 1: against the run and against the past. He'll anchor against doubles.
Speaker 1: He'll surf the wave down the line and make a
Speaker 1: stop twenty yards away from where he began to play.
Speaker 1: He'll retrace a screen fifty yards and flag that thing
Speaker 1: down if he has to. One thing he really knows
Speaker 1: this summer is his balance through contact. He's such a
Speaker 1: tough block because he can squeeze through those little gaps
Speaker 1: and holes between blockers and and stay on his balance
Speaker 1: and accelerate through it because he's so strong and quick
Speaker 1: and light on his feet. Five pressures on twenty three
Speaker 1: pass brush reps this preseason. Yeah, he's gonna have a
Speaker 1: hell of a year. One run stop on nine rundowns.
Speaker 1: He let the NFL last year and run stop Win
Speaker 1: right at defensive defensive tackle. So this guy is good.
Speaker 1: Ray Kwon Davis his power at the point of attack,
Speaker 1: and that length I mentioned it with Jenkins, that length
Speaker 1: allows him to hold the four and clogged things up
Speaker 1: for all the activity of our blitzer and rush packages.
Speaker 1: Two pressures and three run stops this preseason on sixty
Speaker 1: two run snaps literally identical to John Jenkins. This group,
Speaker 1: big bodies up front, multiple front experience, eat up double teams,
Speaker 1: rush games. Arguably my favorite group on the roster. And
Speaker 1: when you think about where do all the snaps come
Speaker 1: from from this front seven, Like think about the fact
Speaker 1: that it's not just a you know, here's our four three,
Speaker 1: here's our three four. It's like we're gonna run bare front,
Speaker 1: We're gonna run an even front. We're gonna go with
Speaker 1: a half dollar package and we only want defensive lineman.
Speaker 1: Like there are so many matchups substitution packages, and just
Speaker 1: week by week things that's gonna call upon all these guys.
Speaker 1: And that's why this depth is so important. Don't ask
Speaker 1: yourself where do the snaps counts come from? Ask yourself,
Speaker 1: in what way can this guy exceed excel? Because you're
Speaker 1: gonna see over the course of a seventeen game season,
Speaker 1: every situation, every type of team, you're gonna face that
Speaker 1: type of team. So having this multiplicity, in this versatility
Speaker 1: and this depth is crucially important to the whey this
Speaker 1: defense plays. Don't ask about where the snap counts come front.
Speaker 1: Just be thankful you have so many guys that can
Speaker 1: do it. At linebackers, Melvin Ingram a little bit of everything, coverage,
Speaker 1: run d rush from multiple spots. His physicality and how
Speaker 1: he defeats blocks and deconstructs running games. The way he
Speaker 1: just goes freaking hits guys and knocks him off their
Speaker 1: their target, off their track impacts the running games so well.
Speaker 1: He had one QB hit on just ten pass rush
Speaker 1: snaps this preseason. We're going fast. Jalen Phillips I marvel
Speaker 1: at the player that he is. I just watched him
Speaker 1: all August, physically imposing athletic ability through the roof to
Speaker 1: really do anything that you want to ask him to do.
Speaker 1: Smart enough to understand the progression of a pass rush
Speaker 1: plan throughout the course of a game. Length, strength, quicks,
Speaker 1: speed to power, bend the ark. I can't wait to
Speaker 1: watch him on Sunday. He's gonna be a great player.
Speaker 1: Four pressures on twenty six pass rush reps this preseason.
Speaker 1: Andrew Van Ginkle speed instincts, they always stand out, but
Speaker 1: yearly he increases his strength to wipe out blocks with physicality.
Speaker 1: The way he defends that backside part of any run
Speaker 1: game and chases that stuff down, it makes the backs
Speaker 1: have to go fast because he will close if you
Speaker 1: leave him unblocked and get there. Five pressures on seven
Speaker 1: team pass rupsh rush pass rush reps this preseason. Duke
Speaker 1: Riley speed and quickness too key and diagnose to get
Speaker 1: wide or fit up inside special teams, value coverage. Blitz
Speaker 1: does a little bit of everything for you. There. Three
Speaker 1: run stops on twenty four run defense downs and Sammguavin
Speaker 1: not the same players Duke Riley, but they have similar
Speaker 1: skill sets. Excellent Blitzer dynamic as hell on special teams.
Speaker 1: He had three pressures on thirty one pass rush reps,
Speaker 1: including a sack and that touchdown against the Bucks. Channing
Speaker 1: Tendall unreal quicks. Can carry the three in the formation,
Speaker 1: your closest receiver into the formation up the seam, whether
Speaker 1: it's a receiver or a tight end. With his step
Speaker 1: for step speed, he arrives for some of the biggest
Speaker 1: collisions you'll see. And he made a place seemingly every
Speaker 1: day in practice where he keyed it and beat every
Speaker 1: single person to the mesh point to the quarterback and
Speaker 1: running back. Just really good quicks and speed. Six run
Speaker 1: stops on thirty five run down defensive snaps, one pressure
Speaker 1: on three pass rush reps. Good camp for Channing Tendall.
Speaker 1: A Landed Roberts is a B gap to be gap
Speaker 1: and forcer short yardage expert leader in every sense of
Speaker 1: the word. He had two run stops on eleven run
Speaker 1: down reps this preseason. Jerome Baker speed and versatility man
Speaker 1: helps unlock so much in this Dolphins defense base sub
Speaker 1: it doesn't matter. He can do it all and he's
Speaker 1: kind of the guy that stays in the field when
Speaker 1: you run through all those different substitution packages. Fifty five
Speaker 1: is a straw that stirs to drink and he never
Speaker 1: misses games. Twenty two coverage snaps, just eighteen yards allowed
Speaker 1: this preseason. Trey Flowers will save that for tomorrow. But
Speaker 1: this group significant speed added to the room with the
Speaker 1: last couple of years, sub package options and guys that
Speaker 1: can contribute on teams. Behind that straw that is Jerome
Speaker 1: Baker and his multifaceted role. That versatility extends out to
Speaker 1: guys as this group can play so many positions, defensive
Speaker 1: backs ten of them. Javon Hall of number eight, his range, instincts, hitting,
Speaker 1: rushing the quarterback. Just a great rookie year that carried
Speaker 1: over into a better camp where he takes away so
Speaker 1: much from the opposing offense and he can do things
Speaker 1: outside his responsibility within the structure of a defensive call.
Speaker 1: That is big, big, You're gonna see that make a
Speaker 1: big impact this year. Not much from a stat standpoint,
Speaker 1: but when he's on the field. The longest completion this
Speaker 1: preseason was sixteen yards against the Raiders. Noah Iguanogeny competitive, twitchy,
Speaker 1: good length and speed, really showed his stuff on special
Speaker 1: teams this summer slash last season. That pass break up
Speaker 1: against the Eagles is a good sign of things to come.
Speaker 1: Hopefully he gets more and more feel and more and
Speaker 1: more comfortable. Is he's still just twenty one years old.
Speaker 1: Fifty seven coverage snaps, sixty one yards allowed. You want
Speaker 1: to be around one. It's a good number, Eric Rowe,
Speaker 1: the foce defender fit the runs, set the edge, rush,
Speaker 1: the quarterback, cover tight ends. Stop me if you heard
Speaker 1: this before, does a little bit of everything. Five run
Speaker 1: stops on fourteen run defense downs as a crazy stat.
Speaker 1: Elijah Campbell didn't realize how versatile he was until this summer.
Speaker 1: Had a great special teams tape last year, but he
Speaker 1: showcased his physicality, his ability to play and the mess
Speaker 1: down in the box, cover outside, take the ball away
Speaker 1: and score it. He might be a good option for
Speaker 1: some future big nickel packages. Or you know that six
Speaker 1: defensive back off the bench forty nine yards on forty
Speaker 1: seven coverage snaps, but zero touched, oounds, two picks, a
Speaker 1: touchdown of his own a passerway in this August of
Speaker 1: forty one allowed. That's great. Xavian Howard do we have
Speaker 1: to do this? Mixes, coverages, techniques, super effective impress one
Speaker 1: of if not the game's most premier ball hawk did
Speaker 1: not play in the preseason. Key On crossing, long speed,
Speaker 1: feisty player, sniffing out screens and supporting the run. Excellent
Speaker 1: special teams guy. He's a great character guy as well.
Speaker 1: Twenty two yards allowed on thirty eight coverage snaps. Had
Speaker 1: that pass break up and shut down two deep balls
Speaker 1: in the preseason. Brandon Jones. The way he key's pre
Speaker 1: snaps sets him up to make plays after the fact.
Speaker 1: His ability to play fast but also arrive in control
Speaker 1: and not fly by a potential tackle really stands out
Speaker 1: to me. He had five run stops on seventeen rushdowns
Speaker 1: this uh this preseason Kator Cohu change of direction and
Speaker 1: sticky coverage. I think you can play the slot. I
Speaker 1: think you can play outside. He competes at all stages
Speaker 1: of the route, has really good long speed, and he's
Speaker 1: physical as hell man. Sixteen yards allowed on fifty eight
Speaker 1: coverage snaps this August. Nick Needham mark cover corner with
Speaker 1: inside outside versatility. The way he plays in trail and
Speaker 1: went from a guy that you know early on had
Speaker 1: some flags as far as dp I s go in
Speaker 1: his career, but he's erased that element of his game
Speaker 1: with that patient's student of the game. Very impressive player
Speaker 1: gets better every year. Forty two yards allowed on thirty
Speaker 1: three coverage snaps, and remember he was getting a lot
Speaker 1: of that number one type of outside duty with X
Speaker 1: and Byron not playing this preseason. Clayton Federlum special teams
Speaker 1: ACE who played across all units, always around the football.
Speaker 1: He had five run stops on eight rundown defensive snaps
Speaker 1: this preseason. Specialist Thomas Morstead, directional punting, big leg leader
Speaker 1: with a great example for the rest of the guys
Speaker 1: in the roster. That fifty four yard punt to the
Speaker 1: sideline was all I had to see. Let's go into
Speaker 1: the season with Thomas Morristead, Jason Sanders, huge leg, great process,
Speaker 1: so accurate from everywhere, but especially deep three from fifty plus.
Speaker 1: This preseason he missed just one field goal and hit
Speaker 1: a bunch of p A T s too. He is
Speaker 1: money in the bank. Blake Ferguson, I haven't seen a
Speaker 1: bad snap, and I often see forty four down there
Speaker 1: and punts. I'm gonna admit once again, I don't know
Speaker 1: what long snapping is all about as far as the
Speaker 1: skills of it, but I haven't noticed him, so that's
Speaker 1: a good thing, right And Byron Jones on the p
Speaker 1: up and brand Scarlett on the injured reserve. And there
Speaker 1: you have it. As soon as we have a practice squad,
Speaker 1: any changes, you'll know where to keep it locked. For
Speaker 1: your latest here on the Drivetime Podcast, I still want
Speaker 1: to get to Mike McDaniel and Chris Greer on their
Speaker 1: Tuesday press conferences. That's next on the Drivetime Podcast, your
Speaker 1: host Travis Wingfield. Brought to you by Auto Nation. We
Speaker 1: heard from general manager Chris Career and head coach Mike
Speaker 1: McDaniel on this Tuesday, August thirty talking about the decisions
Speaker 1: on the roster. Plenty of stuff to get into here.
Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and start with a question about tight
Speaker 1: end Tanner Connor U d f A out of Idaho state,
Speaker 1: Little Polcatello, Idaho. Nice upgrading city for Tanner Connor from
Speaker 1: Polkatello to Miami. I'll tell you what I know, Polcatello,
Speaker 1: good change here for him. Let's go ahead and hear
Speaker 1: from general manager Chris Greer on Tanner Connor making this
Speaker 1: fifty three man roster. Tanner did a good job here. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, we've visited with him on a thirty visit
Speaker 1: in the spring and UM caught him in here and
Speaker 1: he improved every day. He worked hard as a smart kid. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, he's really wants to improve his craft and
Speaker 1: really wants to you know, play in the NFL. And
Speaker 1: so it's been fun watching him take to the coaching
Speaker 1: and and he's done a great job. And and so
Speaker 1: for us it's, UM, he'll be back here shortly. So
Speaker 1: this is not anything where it's I are with him.
Speaker 1: And it was just we felt that um, talent wise,
Speaker 1: we would have lost him. We had multiple people other
Speaker 1: teams just calling asking about him, and we think he's
Speaker 1: got a good future here potentially. UM. So for us, UM,
Speaker 1: we're excited to have him here. Um, Eric Rose, it's fine.
Speaker 1: He'll be just like anyone normal bumps and bruises, battling
Speaker 1: through Um. But uh, he was out there, did a
Speaker 1: good job today, you know, working through stuff. So UM
Speaker 1: the end of the the day, both those guys will be
Speaker 1: on the active roster and not being put down. Also
Speaker 1: some good news there about Eric Rowe, who it sounds
Speaker 1: like he will be day to day and ready to
Speaker 1: go for week number one against the Patriots. Next they
Speaker 1: were asked about Skyler Thompson. Wasn't a no brainer. They
Speaker 1: both kind of laughed and said, yeah, and here's the
Speaker 1: rest of the answer. Yeah, yeah, I mean it's yeah.
Speaker 1: So he played very well. Again, another guy that comes in.
Speaker 1: He just works every day. He went over his teammates
Speaker 1: through his work ethic, and you know, he went out
Speaker 1: and bald and another one. We got calls again, people
Speaker 1: asking what we're gonna do, and and they're all saying,
Speaker 1: you know, you guys would be stupid to let him go.
Speaker 1: And there was no thought about us doings And here
Speaker 1: is your discourse on Byron Jones. No, it really was
Speaker 1: just working through the process with him, just letting him,
Speaker 1: you know, take his time, go through the rehab. Worked
Speaker 1: and like everything, you have good days and bad days,
Speaker 1: and but um, he worked hard, did great. Um. It
Speaker 1: was just we're just being patient, not put any pressure
Speaker 1: on him to rush him back. And at the end
Speaker 1: of the day, we made the decision talking with him
Speaker 1: and talking with him today to you know, um put
Speaker 1: him down, you know for the four games, because he
Speaker 1: he was still optimistic about hopefully being here in a
Speaker 1: couple of weeks. But he didn't want to be fair.
Speaker 1: He can't rush him out there, and with this, we
Speaker 1: just want to make sure he's ready and right when
Speaker 1: he comes back. Some questions in between. They're about potential cornerback,
Speaker 1: offensive line depth, and the growth of this roster from
Speaker 1: back in twenty nineteen when in Earnest the rebuild began.
Speaker 1: You can check that out on the YouTube channel. We're
Speaker 1: gonna go ahead and jump to Chris career onto a
Speaker 1: tongue of Byloa and his growth this offseason. His it's
Speaker 1: it's being around Mike and watching them. You know, the
Speaker 1: other day he was in visiting with Mike for you know,
Speaker 1: just a couple of hours on off day, just coming
Speaker 1: in spending time. He was downstairs in the training room
Speaker 1: for like an hour just hanging out with the trainers,
Speaker 1: just talking, and it's you know, just seeing his personality
Speaker 1: coming and it's it's you know, just how he is
Speaker 1: and with the team and stuff, and you know, I
Speaker 1: think his teammates all see it and feel it. And
Speaker 1: then you guys here talk to the guys and um,
Speaker 1: he's he's taking steps. And then with the offense, with
Speaker 1: Mike and the coaching staff, you know, he's very excited.
Speaker 1: He likes the offense. He thinks it fits them and
Speaker 1: the players we added. So it's been good watching his
Speaker 1: growth and then watching him um enjoy himself playing football.
Speaker 1: Up next, Mike McDaniel answers this question about what kator
Speaker 1: co who showed you to earn his spot on the
Speaker 1: fifty three man roster. He's a competitor man, and and
Speaker 1: that's that's the one thing, um that was obvious. It's
Speaker 1: also obvious to him or to all of us early. Um,
Speaker 1: there's when the game is not too big for you.
Speaker 1: You know that you're um because it's hard, you know,
Speaker 1: to jump and level of play is real. UM, but
Speaker 1: he um from the onset. Uh, let it be known
Speaker 1: through his play that that this is not too big
Speaker 1: a stage for him. So those are always the ones
Speaker 1: that um, you know, our real pleasant surprises, UM, you
Speaker 1: would be it would be a forest to say that
Speaker 1: that you totally expect it. Um. You know, uh in
Speaker 1: terms of you know, undrafted free agents being able to
Speaker 1: make that jump so quick. UM, but you know you
Speaker 1: feel good about them. But you're you're you're careful not
Speaker 1: to um jump the gun and crown this that or
Speaker 1: the other. You gotta just um, throw him to the
Speaker 1: fire and and see see if they they um don't burn,
Speaker 1: I guess throw him in the water and don't drown
Speaker 1: one of those things. UM. And but he's like like
Speaker 1: the other um or the other rookies that we kept. UM.
Speaker 1: They they made it be known to their teammates early
Speaker 1: and often that they belong. UM. That's why they deserve
Speaker 1: the roster's about they received. On Sunday, Mike McDaniel said
Speaker 1: they knew going into the entire really off using program
Speaker 1: that receiver and running back was going to have NFL
Speaker 1: players cut from this roster. Sony Michelle one of them.
Speaker 1: Here's coach McDaniel on the process in that running back
Speaker 1: room and the decisions made there. That process was brutal.
Speaker 1: It was a good thing for the Miami Dolphins. But
Speaker 1: um that that competition was real, uh and it was
Speaker 1: just continued opts. Um that there was some game UM
Speaker 1: game tape involved involvement was much more than that. It
Speaker 1: was just the whole progression from from the onset. So uh,
Speaker 1: that room was uh, very very healthy in terms of
Speaker 1: how they tried to make each other better. But they
Speaker 1: were competing against each other. But they're also rooting for
Speaker 1: each other. UM and uh, you know, Sony did not
Speaker 1: make it easy. UM, But to those guys credit. Uh.
Speaker 1: You know one of the things that I that I
Speaker 1: was UM so impressed with was I mean, shoot, you
Speaker 1: can remember like it was yesterday, whenever we're signing running
Speaker 1: backs in the off season, Miles and Essay in particular,
Speaker 1: we're how they handled that was not sulking. It was
Speaker 1: like clockwork. They were outside of UM on the field
Speaker 1: with weight, best sound, working you know. So, UM, we
Speaker 1: feel very good about the group we're able to assemble.
Speaker 1: And UM, I I I think it would be short
Speaker 1: changing all of those guys too not emphasize that it
Speaker 1: was the group of them competing but working together, UM
Speaker 1: that raised those guys level of play. Let's keep it
Speaker 1: rolling here for Chris Career asked about the Tyreek Hills
Speaker 1: signing and kind of where you feel now compared to
Speaker 1: where you were back in March when you brought him in.
Speaker 1: Here's Chris on the field stuff saw the other night
Speaker 1: to what he can do. But it's behind the scenes,
Speaker 1: which has been even better than we thought. You know,
Speaker 1: we had heard a lot of good things from UM
Speaker 1: people and friends and coaches that we know in Kansas City, UM,
Speaker 1: but being around here, he's got an infectious attitude as competitor, UM,
Speaker 1: great teammate with the guys. You know, UM, you guys
Speaker 1: see him out there and you see him, he's he's
Speaker 1: you know, hundred miles an hour and everything he does
Speaker 1: and always encouraging people and stuff. And so it's been
Speaker 1: really fun watching him behind the scenes take leadership with
Speaker 1: the team and help guide the guys in terms of,
Speaker 1: you know, pushing everyone to be great, because it's easy
Speaker 1: if you're him and you can sit back and you
Speaker 1: know and coach through this if he wanted to, but
Speaker 1: that's not him, and that's been fun watching him around.
Speaker 1: So that's been the biggest surprise for me. You can
Speaker 1: tell he recognized you know who. I don't really concern
Speaker 1: ourselves with um anything, but since he's been here. But
Speaker 1: one thing I will say is it was obvious that
Speaker 1: he recognized the opportunity to where that he is a having. Shoot,
Speaker 1: he's been a Pro Bowl player every year of his
Speaker 1: career UM, and came to a very young team and
Speaker 1: there was an opportunity for him to to take his
Speaker 1: game to another level with in terms of leadership and
Speaker 1: tone setting and all those things. UM, And I'm sure
Speaker 1: he could feel that his teammates were like, Wow, this
Speaker 1: is Tyreek Hill. Um. And when when he doesn't make
Speaker 1: it an option to go full speed, it is like
Speaker 1: if you're on the field your full speed, it changes,
Speaker 1: um the teammates for the better. And I think he's
Speaker 1: really embracing that. Um. It's been actually said, it's been
Speaker 1: really cool. That's that's been the most fun part. So
Speaker 1: there you go. Some more questions put to Coach and
Speaker 1: Chris about Trey Flowers. I want to cover that on
Speaker 1: the Thursday edition of the Drive Time podcast when we
Speaker 1: do a deep dive Entree Flowers game talked about Micah
Speaker 1: Sticky and said that they never made any halls outward
Speaker 1: two incoming calls for Mike SIKI is what Chris Greer said,
Speaker 1: and then more to talk about Skyler Thompson longer podcast today.
Speaker 1: But I don't think you guys mind with all the
Speaker 1: information and detail we got here on the show, I
Speaker 1: have finalized a schedule for the podcast heading into game
Speaker 1: number one now just twelve days away, We've almost made
Speaker 1: to the football season. I'm gonna head to Naples this
Speaker 1: weekend with the family for a getaway, which we kind
Speaker 1: of need right now more than ever. But we've been
Speaker 1: back on Tuesday with a crossover with myself and the
Speaker 1: fish Tank crew getting you ready for what's to come
Speaker 1: on the Miami Dolphins Podcast Network postgame Show and Spaces Show.
Speaker 1: Then I'll do my NFL season preview on Wednesday, taking
Speaker 1: a look at some of my favorite storylines, picked the
Speaker 1: playoffs teams, all that fun stuff. Then Thursday's the Patriots preview.
Speaker 1: Time to watch some tape baby, than Friday is our
Speaker 1: return of Football Friday Show. Still working on getting the
Speaker 1: guests for that show, but we'll pick up some college games,
Speaker 1: some NFL games as well, get the final word on
Speaker 1: the upcoming game against the Patriots, uh, and all that
Speaker 1: fun stuff this week. The mail Bag is next on Thursday,
Speaker 1: so don't miss that. Then on Friday, I'm gonna do
Speaker 1: a bit of a Hodgepodge show, maybe some Mailbag leftovers.
Speaker 1: I want to get to scan the social going again.
Speaker 1: I want to talk about some summer TV I watched.
Speaker 1: I want to talk about a little bit of college
Speaker 1: football this season and cover some media buzz like Daniel
Speaker 1: Rolovsky's comments. Just a miscellaneous grab bag of Dolphins and
Speaker 1: football info. So we have a lot coming your way.
Speaker 1: But before I get out of here today, I'm gonna
Speaker 1: start doing this. I think a lot going forward here.
Speaker 1: I mean every show so far. Uh you know, like
Speaker 1: I mentioned the other day, my name is on the show,
Speaker 1: but it really was Jason Jenkins's creation. So if you're
Speaker 1: a fan of Drive Time and or the Fish Tank,
Speaker 1: you can thank Jason for that. So let me tell
Speaker 1: you my favorite Jason Jenkins story, because there are so
Speaker 1: damn many of them. But I'll start here. I met
Speaker 1: Jason back in and I never got a handshake right
Speaker 1: with him. You might say that's kind of weird, but
Speaker 1: here's why. The reason is a microcos him of why
Speaker 1: he's being more in the way he is the type
Speaker 1: of guy that he was. I was a part of
Speaker 1: that fan site program where they woul invite various writers
Speaker 1: and podcasters or whatever from various fan sites to come
Speaker 1: cover a game and get that locker room access. Because
Speaker 1: of Jason, I was able to come down and enjoy
Speaker 1: my press box experience. I did my first ever interview
Speaker 1: with Minca Fitzpatrick after that win in buff Over, Buffalo
Speaker 1: the week before the Miami Miracle, and before that, during
Speaker 1: the game, Jason came around and introduced himself to all
Speaker 1: the people there in my same boat, newbies to the setting.
Speaker 1: Starry eyed at the opportunity, and here he approaches this
Speaker 1: larger than life figure. Jason was a tall man who
Speaker 1: commanded the attention of everybody when he entered a room,
Speaker 1: but for all the reasons you wouldn't expect, because in
Speaker 1: my mind, here's this powerful executive that I need to impress.
Speaker 1: Four years later, I realized it was the warmth and
Speaker 1: kindness that he exuded that created that aura around him.
Speaker 1: So he comes over to meet us all, and I
Speaker 1: extended my hand with the intent to nail this handshape
Speaker 1: with a firm grip and good eye contact. Here's my
Speaker 1: first impression. But that's not what he was going for.
Speaker 1: He pulled back and dat me up. And that's how
Speaker 1: it would go for years. For four years, I always thought,
Speaker 1: here's my boss, this larger than live figure. I better
Speaker 1: be on my p's and queues. But for Jason, it
Speaker 1: was never like that. It was a chance to make
Speaker 1: a new friend, to brighten someone's day by listening and
Speaker 1: asking authentic questions about that person. So for years, whether
Speaker 1: we had a content meeting, bumping into each other at practice,
Speaker 1: or him taking us to dinner to celebrate a job
Speaker 1: well done after a big event, I would say we
Speaker 1: got the hand handshake right maybe three times maybe, but
Speaker 1: I will never forget the banter that came about that.
Speaker 1: It was just part of what made him a mentor.
Speaker 1: And he was only twelve years older than me, but
Speaker 1: something of a father figure, someone who could guide you
Speaker 1: to be the best version of yourself with this rare
Speaker 1: blend of leadership and friendships. So how do you replace
Speaker 1: a person like that? You don't, You just don't. That's
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